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DUMPING WAGON. APPLICATION FILED MAR-b1915- Patented Mar. 7,1916.

DAVID GOGGINS, OF BRANSCO'MB, CALIFORNIA.

DUMPINGr-WAGON.

Application filed March 1, 1915.

[call whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID GOGGINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Branscomb, in the county of Mendocino, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping- Vagons; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicles used for hauling dirt, rock or other similar material, the object of the invention being to produce an efficient dumping structure whereby the material in the wagon may be dumped all in one place or spread along over a considerable surface, without the necessity of the driver leaving his seat, and in a much quicker and eflicient manner than can be done by the ordinary form of stick wagons or side-dump wagons now commonly used.

A further object of the invention is to produce an efficient structure whereby the load may be dumped rapidly or slowly accordingly as a greater or less amount of material is desired on one spot.

A still further object of the invention is to produce a'simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

On the drawings, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle with the wheels on one side removed in order to show completely my improved dumping structure. Fig. 2 is a front end view of the wagon bed. Fig. 3 is a detached fragmentary view showing a catch and lever for holding the dumping structure in closed position. Fig. 4 is a detached fragmentary view of the rear end of the wagon.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the wheels of the wagon with bolster and other supporting means of any desired structure as suited to my improved wagon bed.

My improved structure consists of the side Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Serial No. 11,134.

boards 2 and the front end board 3 and the rear end board 4:.

The numeral 8 designates a plurality of dumping boards disposed transversely between the side boards 2 to form the bed of the wagon. These boards are beveled at their edges so that, when in horizontal position, they will lock each otheragainst independent dumping action and, all taken together, will form a continuous uninterrupted bed for the wagon. Disposed along the underside of each of the side boards 2, I provide a plurality of bearings 5, one pair of bearings for each of the dumping boards 8. To the underside of each dumping board 8 I secure, by means of straps 8, cross beams 8 each cross beam having projecting end pins 8 which project through and are turnable in the bearings 5. On each outer end of the pins 8 1 secure a lever 6, each lever having an obliquely extending arm 7 secured to the adjacent dumping arm 8 at a point off the center of the same. As will be noted, when in normal position, the bottoms of the dumping boards are substantially flush with the bottom edges of the side boards 2. This forms a perfectly tight bed for the wagon, and also the said side boards act at all times as guides for the dumping boards when they are tilted.

A rod 9 extends along each side of the wagon and is pivotally connected with each lever 6 by means ofpins 10. The front end of one of the rods 9 is pivotally connected, as at 11, with a lever 12 disposed adjacent the seat 13 of the wagon,whereby, with the movement of this lever backwardly, such action will be exerted against the rods 9 so as to cause them to cause the levers '6 to tilt and tilt the members 8 to empty the load from the wagon, as shown clearly by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

As will readily be noted, this tilting operation may be more or less accordingly as a greater or less amount of material is desired in one place and by only partly opening the ,members 8 and driving the wagon forward,

the load may be spread along a surface to any extent desired. When the members 8 are not to be tilted to full capacity but are to be held partly open, I provide a foot brake mechanism, for holding them in any desired position, which is constructed as follows, namely: The lever 12 is fastened to a shaft 1 1 which extends across the front end of the wagon and is fixed on its opposite end to a lever 15 suitably j ournaled to one of the side boards 2 and connected at its end with the other red 9. Within the wagon I have Wagon and thence around the drum 16 and tience connecting it with a foot lever 18. Thus, when the drive of the wagon places his foot on the lever 18, he brings the belt 17 in frictional contact with the drum 16 to hold the shaft 14- against rotation. This action-will limit the movement of the levers l2 and 15 and hence will restrict the move. ment of the rods 9 to determine the movement of the members 8, as may be desired.

When the members 8 are all in closed position and it is desired to hold them there for the purpose of transporting the wagon from one point to another, this is accomplished by means of a spring pressed catch 19 pivotally mounted on one of the side boards 2 and adapted to engage the lever 12, said catch being provided with a projecting finger member 20. A small lever 21 is fulcrumed adjacent said finger member 20 and is adapted to engage the same to move the catch 19 out of engagement with the lever 12 to allow the mechanism of the wagon to be operated, as may be desired.

As ill be noted from the drawings, I make the rear-most one of the members 8 substantially one-fifth of the length of the wagon and such rear-most member 8 is provided with a projecting pin adapted to be engaged by a hook 23 pivoted on the rear end board 4. By means of this structure, I can maintain at least one-fifth of the load without emptying it at all while discharging the balance of the load by engaging the hook 23 with the pin 22 and disengaging the members 9 from the rear-most members 6 by removing the pivotal pin connections thereof. This large portion of the load then can be used for individual distribution at other points after the balance has been emptied by my improved dumping mechanism, as aforesaid.

It ill further be seen that I have r0- duced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice, such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

claim as new and useful and cure by Letters Patent, is:

A dumping wagon comprising side and end boards, a plurality of bottom dumping boards disposed transversely between the side boards, the bottoms of the dumping boards lying fiush with the bottom edges of the side boards, such bottom boards when in horizontal position forming a continuous uninterrupted bed for the wagon, a bearing secured to the bottom edge of each side board adiacent each dumping board, a beam se of d to each dumping board and having projecting pins disposed in the adjacent bearings, a lever fixed to the outer end of each pin, a projecting arm on each lever fixed to the adjacent dumping board at a point 0d the center of the same, a rod connected with all the levers each side of the we and a common operating member for pulling on said rods to ing thus described my invention, what desire to seturn said levers and tilt the dumping boards, as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID GOGGINS. Witnesses STEPHEN N. BLnwnT'r, FLOYD M. BLANCIIARD.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. C. 

